ATI's 0.11 Micron Chip on the Run: ATI RADEON X800 XL Review. Page 18

Late last year ATI Technologies introduced a breed of RADEON X8 graphics processors designed to add performance and lower the costs of manufacturing. Virtually all of the introduced processors managed to achieve their goals on the level of ATI and now they start to emerge in retail. Today we take a look at ATI's RADEON X800 XL and estimate its performance in popular games of today.

The second test (and the third one, too) prefers NVIDIA’s cards: the GeForce 6800 GT goes neck and neck with the RADEON X800 XT, the RADEON X800 XL following them about 10% behind.

The RADEON X800 XT and XL have nearly the same frame rates in the “eye candy” mode, but they are both find themselves behind the GeForce 6800 GT. The more advanced memory controller of ATI’s cards helps to improve the situation in higher resolutions.